{"id":147,"date":"2016-09-20T16:28:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2021-08-30T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T15:17:12","slug":"147-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentist in Toledo Encourages You to Take Advantage of Insurance Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dentist in toledo\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This September, your dentist in Toledo is excited to welcome fall and the start of<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/sports\/college\/index.ssf\/2016\/09\/mac_football_2016_toledo_rocke.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">football season<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s our favorite time of year, and it\u2019s also the time we encourage our patients to start thinking about whether or not they are making the most out of their dental insurance. Don\u2019t let 2016 come to a close with unused benefits &#8212; when the New Year begins, you\u2019ll have to build up to your deductible all over again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have a treatment you haven\u2019t gotten around to? Or maybe it\u2019s been awhile since you visited the dentist at all. Dental offices get busy during October, November, and December, so don\u2019t wait around to save. Contact us to discuss how you can maximize your dental insurance benefits today!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding Your Dental Insurance<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key to making the most out of your dental insurance is understanding just what benefits you are entitled to. All dental insurance plans should completely cover preventive treatments like a regular checkup and cleaning. Some will also cover or provide discounts on additional services, like fluoride treatments, x-rays, and dental sealants for children. For a higher premium (or the amount you pay each month), your dental insurance may cover restorative care and even some select cosmetic treatments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeling lost? We know that sometimes, reading about your dental insurance can feel too overwhelming. Here are some terms that can help you better understand how your dental insurance plan works. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premium: The amount of money you pay every month in exchange for benefits. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In-network: Dentists who have come to an agreement with the dental insurance provider to provide certain treatments at a fixed contracted fee. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out-of-network: Dentists who have not agreed to work with the dental insurance provider for a fixed, prohibitively low, contracted fee. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deductible: The amount of money you are responsible for paying until your dental insurance will kick in. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most dental insurance plans are on a calendar year, meaning they start over with the beginning of the New Year. Don\u2019t let your unused 2016 benefits go to waste! Contact your dental insurance provider directly to understand what you are eligible for with your dental plan. If you receive coverage through your employer, your human resources office can provide information, too. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preventive Dentistry for Smiles That Last<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your dental insurance plan should cover your twice-annual checkup and cleaning, as regular preventive care is the most important aspect of good dental health. During this appointment, we will remove the plaque and tartar that cause tooth decay and gum disease. Your dentist will also check for signs of these and other issues &#8212; and put together a plan for restorative dental care as necessary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember that dental offices get busy around the holidays.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/contact-us.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Dental Group West<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to schedule an appointment with your family dentist in Toledo today! We\u2019ll help you make the most out of your dental insurance and prepare your smile to look its best for the holiday season. That\u2019s a combination you just can\u2019t beat.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This September, your dentist in Toledo is excited to welcome fall and the start of football season. It\u2019s our favorite time of year, and it\u2019s also the time we encourage our patients to start thinking about whether or not they are making the most out of their dental insurance. Don\u2019t let 2016 come to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dentist in Toledo Encourages You to Take Advantage of Insurance Benefits<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The year is more than halfway over. Have you used your dental insurance benefits? Your dentist in Toledo encourages you to do so.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dentist in Toledo Encourages You to Take Advantage of Insurance Benefits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The year is more than halfway over. Have you used your dental insurance benefits? Your dentist in Toledo encourages you to do so.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dental Group West Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-20T16:28:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-30T15:17:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dr_thomas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dr_thomas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/\",\"name\":\"Dentist in Toledo Encourages You to Take Advantage of Insurance Benefits\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small-300x200.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-20T16:28:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-30T15:17:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6fb3b3025ca4ef35d48a7afd91578c72\"},\"description\":\"The year is more than halfway over. Have you used your dental insurance benefits? Your dentist in Toledo encourages you to do so.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small.jpg\",\"width\":849,\"height\":565,\"caption\":\"dentist in toledo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dentist in Toledo Encourages You to Take Advantage of Insurance Benefits\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Dental Group West Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6fb3b3025ca4ef35d48a7afd91578c72\",\"name\":\"dr_thomas\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26f8683b322431ce2fda291119514134?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26f8683b322431ce2fda291119514134?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"dr_thomas\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/author\/dr_thomas\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dentist in Toledo Encourages You to Take Advantage of Insurance Benefits","description":"The year is more than halfway over. Have you used your dental insurance benefits? Your dentist in Toledo encourages you to do so.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dentist in Toledo Encourages You to Take Advantage of Insurance Benefits","og_description":"The year is more than halfway over. Have you used your dental insurance benefits? Your dentist in Toledo encourages you to do so.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/","og_site_name":"Dental Group West Blog","article_published_time":"2016-09-20T16:28:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-30T15:17:12+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small-300x200.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"dr_thomas","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"dr_thomas","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/","name":"Dentist in Toledo Encourages You to Take Advantage of Insurance Benefits","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2016-09-20T16:28:15+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-30T15:17:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6fb3b3025ca4ef35d48a7afd91578c72"},"description":"The year is more than halfway over. Have you used your dental insurance benefits? Your dentist in Toledo encourages you to do so.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iStock_000039899238_Small.jpg","width":849,"height":565,"caption":"dentist in toledo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/147-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dentist in Toledo Encourages You to Take Advantage of Insurance Benefits"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/","name":"Dental Group West Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6fb3b3025ca4ef35d48a7afd91578c72","name":"dr_thomas","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26f8683b322431ce2fda291119514134?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26f8683b322431ce2fda291119514134?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dr_thomas"},"url":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/author\/dr_thomas\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalgroupwest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}